Toronto duo facing human trafficking charges

A man and a woman are accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution in Toronto. Tyrone Smith, left, is charged with a dozen related offences. Lamone Smith, right, is charged with six related offences. (PHOTOS COURTESY OF TORONTO POLICE)

“It is alleged that a girl, 16, was approached and recruited to become a prostitute,” Const. David Hopkinson said. “She was transported, from another city in the GTA, to a hotel in Toronto by two people.”

He said the two accused allegedly threatened the teen victim’s life and forced her into prostitution for eight months.

“She was beaten and pistol-whipped when she attempted to leave,” Hopkinson alleged.

He claims the young girl was “shuttled around” to an assortment of hotels all over southern Ontario where she was made to “engage” in sexual acts for money.